Llantwit Vardre, Glamorgan

Description
Llantwit Vardre, a parish in Glamorgan, on the river Taff, 4 1/2 miles W by S of Caerphilly, and 4 1/2 S of Pontypridd. It has a station on the Taff Vale railway and a post and money order office under Pontypridd; telegraph office, Llantwit railway station. It contains part of Pontypridd. Acreage, 5412, of which 56 are water; population of the civil parish, 8845; of the ecclesiastical, 1564. There are collieries and ironworks. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £300 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Llantrisant. The church is very ancient and is one of the three supposed to have been founded by St Illtyd, St Dyfodwg, and St Wonno, the other two churches being Ystradyfodwg and Llanwonno.